Useful Information Pamplona: communications

How can I send a letter, telegram or fax?
To send a letter you can buy stamps at the "estanco" (where cigarettes are sold) and post them in the yellow mailboxes on the streets, or go to a Post Office (Oficina de Correos) where you can also send postal orders, packages, telegrams and faxes.

Pamplona. Post Office. Paseo de Sarasate, 

During San Fermin Festival, the Post Office opening hours is restricted to the mornings.

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Useful Information: mealtimes

What are the usual timings and opening hours?
Meals: usually, breakfast is from 8 am ? 10 am, lunch from 1 pm ? 2.30 pm and dinner from 8.30 pm ? 11 pm. Two to three hours before lunch and dinner you can get pinchos and tapas in bars and cafés.
Shops: usual shopping hours are from Monday to Saturday, 10 am ? 1.30 pm and 4.30 pm ? 8 pm. Large stores and shopping centres tend to open all day long, from 10 am to 9 pm or 10 pm, and even open on some public holidays.

Cinemas: screenings usually start around 5 pm and go on till 10.30 pm (when the last screening starts).
Theatres: there tends to be a single performance around 8 pm. Nightlife. Most nightlife can be found from Thursday to Sunday in the pubs, bar and discos of Pamplona, which are generally open till 3 or 4 in the morning, and even through to dawn on Saturday nights.

During the San Fermin Festivity the majority of shops will close in the afternoon. Bars & Restaurants open all they long.

Useful Information Pamplona : Money

What currency is used?
The EURO, which is divided into 100 cents.
There are eight different coins: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1 and 2 euros.
There are six different notes: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euros.

Where can I change money?
In any bank or savings bank, whose usual hours of opening are Monday to Saturday, 8.30 am ? 2 pm, except in summer when they close on Saturdays. Most hotels and travel agencies also offer an exchange service.

Methods of payment
The norm for small purchases is to pay in cash, but credit cards are widely accepted in almost every establishment. The cards accepted are usually shown on the door of the shop. Travellers? cheques, together with a passport, are also generally accepted in most hotels, restaurants and shops.

During the San Fermin Festival the banks are closed in the afternoons. But they are plenty of ATM machines.

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Useful información Pamplona : Healt

What number should I call in the case of an emergency?
The freephone number 112.

Where should I go in the case of illness?
Any health centre or, in the case of an emergency, the Accident and Emergency section (Urgencias)

Health centre "Casco Viejo"' next to Estafeta Treet

Where can I buy medication?
At Pharmacies, which are usually identified by a green cross outside the shop.